Twenty Five Days of Christmas DevotionsНамуна

Jesus, the promised Messiah would come to be known by different names that would highlight His many different attributes. He would be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). But one name that would become most enduring to His followers would be “Immanuel” which means “God with us”.

No longer would there be a barrier of sin that separates man from God. No longer would God be impersonal and distant. No longer do you have to feel forsaken and abandoned. No longer do you have to wrestle with loneliness and emptiness. No longer do you have to face your problems alone. No longer do you have to be paralysed with fear at adversity, for if God is with us, it does not matter who is against us. No longer do you have to crave forbidden pleasures, for once you have experienced His presence, every evil desire quickly fades away.